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Vicki: Now we've all survived the doomsday prophesied by the Mayans!
薇琪：現(xiàn)在我們大家都活過瑪雅人預(yù)言的世界末日了！
Aaron: I don't know why people still believe in such nonsense. The Mayans may have developed a calendar. Prophecy is apparently something they were not so good at.
亞倫：我不懂為什么現(xiàn)在還有人相信這種毫無根據(jù)的言論。瑪雅人可能發(fā)展了一種歷法，但是顯然他們并不擅長預(yù)言。
Vicki: Probably not, but they developed astronomy, hieroglyphic writing and built pyramids, and how they did it without metal tools is still a mystery.
薇琪：也許吧，但是他們發(fā)展出了天文學(xué)，象形文字，還建造了金字塔，而他們在沒有金屬工具的條件下是如何做到這一點(diǎn)的仍然是個(gè)謎。
Aaron: Are these pyramids used for tombs as in the ancient Egypt?
亞倫：這些金字塔也和古埃及金字塔一樣是用來作墓穴的嗎？
Vicki: No, most of these pyramids were designed to serve an astronomical function with surprising accuracy, often as observatory.
薇琪：不是，這些金字塔中的大多數(shù)都是用于某種天文觀測的，比如作為觀測臺(tái)，其精確程度令人驚訝。
Aaron: That's very curious.
亞倫：好神奇。
Vicki: The Mayans believed the cosmos had a profound influence on human lives. That's why they went to such length to observe the sun and the stars, and in effect, they were able to develop a calendar that has only an error margin of 19 minutes a year.
薇琪：瑪雅人認(rèn)為，宇宙對于人類生活有著深刻的影響，因此他們才大費(fèi)周章去觀測太陽和星星，以至于他們發(fā)展的歷法每年誤差只有19分鐘。
Aaron: Now I understand why people would care to listen to their prophecy.
亞倫：現(xiàn)在我知道為什么人們會(huì)關(guān)心他們的預(yù)言了。
